Josh Michtom
@rsgat.bsky.social
Dad, lawyer for marginalized kids, former veteran public defender, Hartford City Councilman (one of five WFP-only electeds nationwide!), musician, artist, professor; opinions my own; "CT Dems aren't socialist enough for this clown."
If I were the Hamburglar, I would swap out my prison uniform for something more understated.
Watching a prescription drug ad at the doctor's office where a couple takes their kid to a baseball game (sound is off, so I don't know what the drug is), and because it's an ad, they all have generic hats and jerseys and root excitedly for a fake team, and as a Mets fan, I find it relatable.
Remember the perfume ad (White Diamonds) where the dudes are playing poker or whatever, and foggy-lens Elizabeth Taylor gives a dude her diamond earrings and says, "These have always brought me luck"? I still wonder what that transaction was communicating to consumers about the fragrance.
When I signed in at the doctor's office, the lady asked my name, looked me up in the computer, confirmed the appointment time, and then said, "Are you here for a procedure or a test?" YOU DON'T KNOW?!
A lady at the doctor's office was just complaining that she's been here an hour. The receptionist said, "Well, you weren't supposed to get here at 7:00." The lady said, "MyChart said to arrive by 7:00." The receptionist said, "Well, that's MyChart." Like, what are we doing here?
I love how a young, extremely progressive, Muslim candidate beat an establishment Dem. in a hotly contested primary bursting with outside money, and some takes are like, "His margin was slimmer than expected."
I really am at my happiest when I'm prepping witnesses for a contempt trial against the Department of Children and Families. Subpoena the Commissioner? Don't mind if I do. I want them to know that EVERY TIME they move a foster child client of mine without telling me, we'll have a ten-witness trial.
Calling all law professors who teach contracts. We have an exquisite new Statute of Frauds fact pattern.
Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social · yesterdayThe US host cities for the 2026 men's World Cup claim that they were *verbally* promised $1 million each by Gianni Infantino and that FIFA hasn't paid up. Truly incredible stuff. www.nytimes.com/athletic/749...
New parent: My baby keeps crashing out for no reason. What should I do? Tech support: Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling the
"Liberal bubble" has only ever meant anywhere where right wing perspectives aren't artificially elevated and forced into everyone's feeds.
Every 39 seconds, my work computer makes the sound of a USB device connecting and then disconnecting. On Friday I asked the IT people to help with this. They ended up doing a bunch of updates and my computer was going to be unavailable for an hour, so I went home. Now, the sound remains.
lord let polanco’s last act as a met be a failed ninth-inning challenge, get him out of here, donate him to the dodgers for the tax write off who cares
Took the six-year-old up to Western Mass. to visit her two big siblings, who are both working at a summer camp. After a day in Northampton, we were driving out of town and went past a park where there was some kind of festival with a DJ and...
Look how fucking easy it is for a proud democrat to jut say "trans rights" without a million fucking caveats
Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 5d agoEl Sayed: "When it comes to trans rights, this is the right to get the health care that you need...It’s the right not to be discriminated against by your government because of who you are. Because what tends to happen is they come for theirs, then they come for yours"
Who called it "sense of childlike wonder" when "agog reflex" was right there?
I think my kink is when the IT people remotely take control of my computer?
Oh man. I bet the value on the Freddy Peralta bobblehead I got on Saturday at Citi Field is gonna be THROUGH THE ROOF.
Chelsea Janes@chelseajanes.bsky.social · 5d agoFreddy Peralta is no longer expected to pitch for the Mets tonight, according to a person familiar with their plans. Makes sense not to risk injury or waste a start he could make for new team. @Joelsherman1 was first with this.
Something snapped inside me and now I'm calling 311 on out-of-town business owners who obstruct sidewalks EVERY TIME. I'm gonna be a fucking menace when the snow starts.
"WE THE FUCKING JUDGE SON" New York, I love you. I love you so fucking much. Via wali_talks on IG
As a Jew, strong endorsement of this very true statement.
Chantal James@chantalalive.blacksky.app · 5d agoI can say from observation, a whole lot of actual Jewish folks are incredibly pissed about Zionists, many of them actually Christians, claiming Israel & genocide are supposed to represent them when they want nothing to do with it & it has zero to do with how they think of themselves as Jewish.
Not sure how you all slept on my greatest artistic achievement to date, except that I posted it too late at night. Anyway, I like how this came out.
Josh Michtom@rsgat.bsky.social · 6d agoStill working on my project of turning "Billie Jean" into a mournful Spanish waltz.
Five years ago, a friend sold me a minibus that was gonna be my band's new bus, but unbeknownst to either of us, it had frame damage. So I sold it, with full disclosure and cheaply, to some folks from Philly. I let them keep the plates and told them I'd cancel the registration in a couple days...
Still working on my project of turning "Billie Jean" into a mournful Spanish waltz.
They're doing some kind of Peruvian celebration at Union Station in New Haven.
The thing that was good about the train schedule board with the audible flipping sound is that you didn't have to look up quite as often to see if your track got posted yet.